IOChannel.ioCreateWatch

Creates a glib.Source that's dispatched when condition is met for the given channel. For example, if condition is G_IO_IN, the source will be dispatched when there's data available for reading.

The callback function invoked by the glib.Source should be added with Source.setCallback, but it has type GIOFunc (not GSourceFunc).

g_io_add_watch() is a simpler interface to this same functionality, for the case where you want to add the source to the default main loop context at the default priority.

On Windows, polling a glib.Source created to watch a channel for a socket puts the socket in non-blocking mode. This is a side-effect of the implementation and unavoidable.

class IOChannel
static
ioCreateWatch

Parameters

channel IOChannel

a glib.IOChannel to watch

condition GIOCondition

conditions to watch for

Return Value

Type: Source